Open AccessStroke in the Postpartum Period: A Case Study
Author(s) -
Sj A,
Hussein Om,
Ra A
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
journal of clinical and diagnostic research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2249-782X
pISSN - 0973-709X
DOI - 10.7860/jcdr/2012/5235.3051
Subject(s) - postpartum period , medicine , stroke (engine) , etiology , pregnancy , presentation (obstetrics) , gait disturbance , period (music) , pediatrics , obstetrics , physical medicine and rehabilitation , mechanical engineering , genetics , physics , acoustics , engineering , biology
A twenty six years old woman presented with visual disturbance, headache and gait disturbance ten weeks postpartum. Imaging studies identified an acute infarction in the left thalamus. This case report discusses her presentation, investigations and management and the aetiology of stroke in pregnancy and the postpartum period.